ANCBH Annual Members Meeting

November 14, 2024

Bonnie B. Davis Environmental and Agricultural Center

Hillsborough, NC

0930-2pm

Program details to follow​

 

HPV Vaccination Stakeholder Meeting

Join this inaugural meeting in September to improve HPV vaccination coverage.  Share successes and challenges, generate ideas, and promote action to improve HPV vaccination in North Carolina by identifying strategies for collective impact.

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View the August 2024 ANCBH Newsletter highlighting selected topics that are a current focus of the NC Division of Public Health.

 

ANCBH Awards
View information about the 3 awards and download the nomination form to recognize individuals or local Boards for their public health service excellence.

 

The Boards of Health Governance Network convened via Zoom on July 22nd to hear a fantastic presentation by Elizabeth Tilson, MD
State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer, NC DHHS. View materials from that presentation here.

 

Whew!  It's hot out there.
View CDC's Infographic on Extreme Heat and useful links to resources on preventing heat-related deaths in cars.

 

Are ALL of your higher risk adults immunized against RSV?  View the new ACIP/CDC recommendations that significantly change the landscape.

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View the June 2024 ANCBH newsletter highlighting forever chemicals and cancer surveillance resources in NC.

 

ANCBH launched the Boards of Health Governance Network at the inaugural virtual meeting on May 28, 2024. View information about this exciting new network.

 

ANCBH congratulates attendees at the 2nd Annual Public Health Nursing Conference "Investing in the Public Health Nursing Workforce" held on May 31, 2024 in Raleigh. View the highlights.

 

ANCBH is pleased to announce a new feature called Ask the Experts

Access information, opinions, and resources to help those working in Public Health from the menu bar above.

 

A new resource guide focusing on RSV in adults was posted April 16, 2024 to the Infectious Diseases: New Therapeutics section. 

 

ANCBH recommends reading the December 4, 2023 article by Will Atwater in
NC Health News:  Rose Hoban, Founder and Editor

Environmental Health: From creeks to clouds: The invisible invasion of microplastics. 

January was proclaimed as Radon Action Month in NC. Learn more about radon risks and testing. 

ANCBH February 2024 Newsletter was posted to the Resources tab above.

View the ANCBH Board of Directors Meeting Calendar for 2024

ANCBH November 2023 Newsletter was posted to the Resources tab above.

Calvert Jeffers, DVM and Ms. Eva Brown, MPA have been designated as Director Emeritus Board Members effective November 2023

Two advocacy letters were added to the Resolutions tab:  Access to Covid-19 antivirals in Underserved Populations and Violence to Public Health Workers

Orientation slides for new ANCBH Board of Directors Members have been added to the website.  

ANCBH revised and approved the Association's By-Laws at the September 20, 2023 Annual Meeting.

ANCBH announces 2023 Recipients of 3 Distinguished Public Health Awards:
Surry County Health and Nutrition Center and
the Office of Substance Abuse and Recovery
Surry County Board of Health
Stanly County Consolidated Health and Human Services Board
View the Press Release

Don't kiss your backyard poultry and small turtles! 
CDC warns of Salmonella risk to humans. Also see CDC Newsroom Tab above.

NC DHHS issues updated COVID-19 key treatment messages, information about product accessibility and an overview of treatment options to healthcare providers for outpatient treatment of COVID-19 (rev. September 6 2023).

ANCBH Board of Directors Benjamin Tillett, PharmD (Person) serves as President of NALBOH and Marielena Moreno-Garcia, BSN, RN, CCM, NE-BC (Alamance) serves on the NALBOH Board of Directors in addition to her liaison role to the NCLHD Accreditation Board

Interactive Maps – Organization and Governance of NC Human Services Agencies was added to the Resources Tab above

Vaccine Confidence:  A link to tools for Boards of Health and frontline providers was posted to the Resources Tab above

ANCBH thanks the 200+ public health nurses and 17+ speakers who attended the
Celebration in Greensboro, NC May 5, 2023  View more about the Conference